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Home » Recipes » Breakfast » Kid-Friendly Vegetable Muffins + Pizza Muffins

Kid-Friendly Vegetable Muffins + Pizza Muffins

By Taesha Butler August 9, 2018 (Updated January 12, 2022) 4 Comments

Servings12 muffins
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time22 mins
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5 from 2 votes

These healthy kid-friendly Vegetable Muffins are amazing for the whole family! A delicious and healthy breakfast or addition to a lunch box, these muffins are going make meals in your house a delicious and easier. Plus, I’ve included my recipe for veggie-loaded pizza muffins!

A photo collage of muffin recipes with vegetables within the recipe.

Vegetable muffins for kids

Veggies. We are all looking for creative and delicious ways to get more of them into our diets. And definitely ways to get more veggies into our kids’ bellies.

Believe it or not, veggie-loaded muffin recipes are a great vessel for vegetables and are a favorite snack, lunch box filling, and/or breakfast of many kiddos! They are often easy to whip up, simple to store, are perfectly portioned out for you and super handy to have for those (inevitable) mornings when a grab-and-go breakfast is needed!

Yep, veggie-loaded muffin recipes are the bee’s knees, in my book. Here are some tried-and-true, kid-approved, veggie-packed muffin recipes for you to keep on hand.

How to store vegetable muffins

I highly suggest storing pretty much all vegetable muffins in an airtight container in your refrigerator. Because they are often so moist from the added veggies (and usually fruit too), storing them in the refrigerator is your best bet for keeping them fresher longer and prevent molding. Just be sure to let them cool completely so you aren’t trapping moisture in the container with the muffins.

Another option is you you can freeze these muffins. I like to store vegetable muffins in a large freezer bag or freezer-safe large container once the muffins have totally cooled.

To defrost, I like to take them out of the freezer and leave them on the counter to thaw overnight. Or if you want one or two NOW, you can warm a muffin in the microwave for about 15-20 seconds.

Oatmeal Green Smoothie Muffins

These Oatmeal Green Smoothie Muffins are so easy to make and so delicious! Perfectly sweet, soft and packed with healthy greens! They are naturally gluten free, dairy-free, naturally sweetened, and loved by all…especially kids!
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Fluffy & Filling Pumpkin Protein Muffins

These Pumpkin Protein Muffins are easy to make, fluffy, delicious and packed with protein from lentils and eggs! The perfect healthy breakfast or snack.
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Veggie-Loaded Pizza Muffins

These Veggie-Loaded Pizza Muffins are easy to make, quick to reheat, or perfect for a healthy lunch box. These healthy muffins are loaded with pizza flavor along with spinach, carrots, and zucchini for a boost of vegetables in every bite!
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Blueberry Avocado Muffins

These Blueberry Avocado Muffins are easy to make, loaded with good-for-you ingredients, and the perfect healthy breakfast or snack!
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Healthy Morning Glory Breakfast Muffins

Packed with flavor and good-for-you ingredients, these Morning Glory Muffins are a healthy and delicious way to start the day! Veggie-loaded and perfect for a snack or grab-and-go breakfast, these muffins have less sugar than other Morning Glory Muffin recipes, and instead use maple syrup or honey. They’re perfect for making ahead to make a busy day a little easier.
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Veggie-Loaded Chocolate Protein Muffins

These Chocolate Protein Muffins are the perfect healthy breakfast! Packed with veggies AND protein, they’re delicious, easy to make + super kid-approved!
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Vegan Carrot Muffins (with lentils!)

These Vegan Carrot Cake Muffins are perfect for an easy grab-and-go breakfast or snack! Kid-friendly, added veggies and packed with fiber and protein. And, no, you can’t even taste the lentils!
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Sweet Potato Peanut Butter Muffins

Sweet Potato Peanut Butter Muffins are easy peasy to whip up and a delicious way to get vitamin-rich sweet potato into your family’s bellies. Paired with delicious peanut butter and made with just 8 simple ingredients, these muffins make the perfect addition to any breakfast or are a healthy snack.
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Carrot Apple Vegan Muffins

These Carrot Apple Vegan Muffins are kid-friendly, easy and as yummy as they are healthy! Made from oats, naturally sweetened and veggie-loaded, they are mixed entirely in your blender and are gluten free, dairy-free and egg-free!
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Healthy & Wholesome Banana Zucchini Muffins

You’ll love these easy, one-bowl banana zucchini muffins! They're lightly spiced with cinnamon, made with whole wheat flour, grated zucchini and mashed banana. Ready within 20 minutes, they’re a great healthy breakfast muffin, or a wholesome mid-day snack. Chocolate chips optional.
These healthy lunch box muffins are super easy to make and add so much goodness to any meal or snack! Naturally gluten free, packed with vegetables and naturally sweetened, they can easily be made nut free, dairy-free and egg-free.

Healthy Lunch Box Muffins

These healthy lunch box muffins are super easy to make and add so much goodness to any meal or snack! Naturally gluten free, packed with vegetables and naturally sweetened, they can easily be made nut free, dairy-free and egg-free.
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Zucchini Lemon Muffins

These Healthy Zucchini Lemon Muffins are simply the BEST! Bright in flavor, delicious, easy and made with simple ingredient. You are going to love these healthy muffins.
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Apple Sweet Potato Muffins

These sweet potato muffins are not only delicious and packed with good-for-you ingredients, but they have the sweetness of apple! Naturally gluten free, veggie-loaded and super easy to make.
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Savory Vegetable Muffins on a cooling rack with a white tea cloth, with one muffin is cut open to show the texture of a cooked muffin

Savory 3-Veggie Muffins

These Savory Veggie Muffins are easy to make, full of healthy ingredients and are the perfect way to get more veggies in at any meal! Loaded with 3 different veggies (carrot, broccoli, zucchini), they are great for breakfast, in lunch boxes, or as a snack or a side to dinner!
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5 from 2 votes

Kid-Friendly Vegetable Muffins + Pizza Muffins

These Veggie-Loaded Pizza Muffins are easy to make, quick to reheat, or perfect for a healthy lunch box. These healthy muffins are loaded with pizza flavor along with spinach, carrots, and zucchini for a boost of vegetables in every bite!
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time22 mins
Course: Breakfast, muffin, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: carrot,, spinach, zucchini
Servings: 12 muffins
Calories: 162kcal
Author: Taesha Butler

Equipment

  • Muffin tin

Ingredients 

  • ½ cup grated carrots
  • ½ cup grated zucchini
  • 1 cup packed baby spinach finely chopped
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¼ cup olive or avocado oil
  • 1 cup milk of choice
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ tablespoon Italian seasoning or dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon fine salt
  • 1 ½ cups white whole wheat flour
  • 1¼ cup shredded mozzarella cheese divided
  • 1/3 cup chopped pepperoni optional + extra for topping if desired

Instructions 

  •  Preheat oven to 350℉ and line a muffin tin with 12 paper liners.
  •  Place grated carrot and zucchini in a clean kitchen towel or paper tower and squeeze out as much moisture as you can.
  • To a large bowl, add carrot, zucchini, chopped spinach, egg, oil, milk, and tomato paste. Whisk to combine. Mix in garlic powder, dried oregano, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Add flour and mix in with a large spoon or rubber spatula. Mix in 3/4 cup of shredded mozzarella and most of the pepperoni, leaving some to decorate the top of the muffins.
  • Evenly divide the muffin batter between the muffin tin. Top each muffin with a sprinkle of the remaining ½ cup of cheese and a few pieces of pepperoni, if using.
  • Bake until a toothpick interested into the center of the center of a muffin comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes.
  • Allow muffins to cool in the pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a cooking rack to cool completely. Store muffins in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to a month.

Nutrition

Serving: 1muffin | Calories: 162kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 429mg | Potassium: 128mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1287IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 129mg | Iron: 1mg

The nutritional information is provided as an estimate only and may vary based on the product type, servings and other factors. If you are following a diet, please consult with a professional nutritionist or your doctor. Stay healthy!

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  1. Kalee

    June 18, 2019 at 12:48 pm

    I really want to try your chocolate strawberry alvocado recipe but I have a little one that has a tree nut allergy and cannot eat the almond flour…..is it going to change it by using regular old flour?

    Reply
    • Taesha

      June 19, 2019 at 3:03 am

      I honestly have not tried it, but almond flour and regular flour usually behave quite differently in a recipe.

      Reply
  2. Melanie

    January 4, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    I wanted to try the almond butter blueberry zucchini muffins but the link only goes to a jpg file (photo of the muffins). I also received a page not found error message for the One-Bowl Paleo Carrot Chocolate Chip Muffins recipe.

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    • Taesha

      January 4, 2020 at 6:28 pm

      Thanks for letting me know! Its all fixed now!

      Reply

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Hi! I'm Taesha! I help busy people fall in love with healthy eating with my simple, family-friendly, veggie-loaded recipes. I believe vegetables can and SHOULD be delicious. Here, let me show you how!

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